Isaiah Lived 750 BC – 680 BC – 8th Century BC The Servant Songs First century Christians quote Isaiah more than any other Old Testament text. The Lord‘s Chosen Servant 42 Behold my servant, whom I uphold,     my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him;     he will bring forth justice […]

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Our Freedom is Costly, Sudden, A Life-Long Pilgrimage Exodus 12:1-13 12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. 3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man […]

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1 Peter 4:12-19 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, […]

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1 Peter 2:18-20 18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. 19 For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you […]

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1 Peter 1:3-9 Born Again to a Living Hope 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, […]

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October 4, 2020 God Is The Same Yesterday Today and Tomorrow: Three Case Studies God uniquely qualified to be the Judge of All.  There is no one more qualified.  Trust in God. God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked. James 2:12,13. 2 So speak and so act as those who are to be […]

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Sept. 27, 2020 Growing Cantaloupe in the New Earth?  Would Jesus plant Cantaloupe, raise a flock of sheep?  Artist? Engineers?  Geophysicists? Mathematicians? Musicians? What will we do in eternity? Genesis 1:28 Dominion 28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion […]

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Will the circle be unbroken? Doesn’t the Bible teach the earth’s fiery end? Is the promise of renewal real or just a word-picture? What will the new heavens and earth be like? What will it be like to abide eternally in God’s Presence? What will our relationship with Christ be in heave? 2 Peter 3:5-6 […]

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Genesis 3:8-9 8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool[a] of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”[b] John 14:23 23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves […]

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  1 John 3:2 – 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears[a] we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. John 20:15-16 – 15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you […]

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